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The 16 electoral vote question: Will Mark Robinson’s...

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2024/09/24

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign to be the next governor of North Carolina appears to be collapsing before our eyes. Last week’s bombshell report from CNN that Robinson had made a series of cringe-inducing comments on a pornography website in the years before he commenced his political career has sent Republican elected officials and candidates […]

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The Robinson disaster

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2024/09/23

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Cooper veto is on the mark, should be sustained

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2024/09/23

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Public schools: the heartbeat of our communities

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2024/09/21

In the South, education has always been more than just a system—it’s a sacred trust, a commitment to our children and our communities. This belief was instilled in me by my elders, who understood that education was the key to freedom and opportunity. Growing up, I learned to see education through the lens of responsibility, […]

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Organized labor in North Carolina enjoys an energy surge

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2024/09/20

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Chief justice’s family investment raises new ethical...

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2024/09/19

It seems like, once a month or so, the Republican justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court find new ways to surprise us with more corruption. These justices have ruled on cases involving companies that they partially own, allowed a justice to rule on cases involving his father, and refused to sanction Republican judges who […]

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Election integrity, indeed: the GOP war on voting...

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2024/09/17

The debate over who should be able to vote in U.S. elections is, of course, as old as the republic. For two-and-a-half centuries, members of the nation’s economic and political elites have sought to limit the franchise to favored groups that more closely resemble themselves, while denying it to others. In the colonial days, it […]

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Bill to expand school vouchers, aid in immigrant...

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2024/09/16

Amid the turbulence of a high-stakes election season stands a sadly familiar outpost of stability – the North Carolina General Assembly’s relentless support of private schools at the expense of the public schools that inevitably serve most of the state’s children. That support advances under the banner of parental choice. Republican legislators who wield their […]

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Hook, line and sinker

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2024/09/16

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What Chancellor Lee Roberts doesn’t say about freedom...

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2024/09/13

UNC-Chapel Hill’s new chancellor, Lee Roberts, recently published an op-ed in which he laid out his beliefs about freedom of expression on campus. Roberts’s piece was no doubt occasioned by disputes about free speech that arose in connection with pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide protests at UNC last fall and spring. Though he has no credentials as a First […]

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Lawmakers swing and miss with misguided education and...

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2024/09/12

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Vance, Yost targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio...

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2024/09/12

Sometimes the disgusting sewer of presidential year politics hits a little too close to home, and you end up watching a national conversation play out largely divorced from reality or the actual experiences of communities intimately connected to your own life. That’s what happened to me Monday as I watched Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance […]

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To support children, support the mental health and...

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2024/09/11

The future of our children is closely tied to the support available to their parents and other caregivers. Recent commitments from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy highlight the urgent need for comprehensive support systems to address the intense stress faced by modern parents. This new report notes parents consistently experience higher stress levels compared to […]

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RFK, Jr. ballot saga descends into absurdity

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2024/09/11

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GOP legislators seek to boost electoral prospects by...

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2024/09/10

North Carolina Republicans have clearly been struggling of late. Between the national surge of energy and support that the rise of the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket has provided to Democrats and many independents, and the steady drumbeat of foul-ups and bad news that continues to surround their gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the GOP […]

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Why the Harris-Trump presidential debate matters and...

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2024/09/09

A common complaint about presidential debates is that they change few minds. This year, with anywhere between 3% and 6% of likely voters undecided in early September and the closeness of the race, especially in the battleground states, that is more than enough to swing an election if a sizeable portion favor one candidate over […]

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The presidential debate mute button

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2024/09/09

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The Racial Justice Act brings evidence of death...

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2024/09/07

Johnston County was recently home to a historic hearing in the case of case of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who has spent 15 years on North Carolina’s death row. We now await the judge’s decision on whether Mr. Bacote will be removed from death row and resentenced to life in prison due to overwhelming […]

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Young people care about voting

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2024/09/06

It’s no secret that young voters have a major impact in North Carolina elections. My organization, You Can Vote, aims to increase youth voter engagement because we know that voting habits established soon after reaching eligibility persevere for decades. Educating and mobilizing students, therefore, is an effective strategy to establish a generation of lifelong voters. […]

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Proposals to reject federal funding for NC public...

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2024/09/05

Every student has the right to a high-quality education and to learn in an environment that helps them thrive. An equitably resourced public education system is the cornerstone of a strong society and produces many health, social, and economic benefits for all of us. For two groups of students facing additional barriers to education equity—students with disabilities […]

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